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Travelling with kitty - 6/24/2008 6:50:06 PM

Cloak

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I will be travelling and moving soon with kitty with a truck which will be driven by a mover. The trip would take between 3 hours and 1/2 to 4 hours. I will certainly put my cutie kitty in her carrier. However, I would appreciate all the tips and hints you have for travelling with a kitty. Please bear in mind that my kitty is highly sensitive kitty who rarely left the my place and even in the few cases when I took her out to the vet in her carrier she would be stressed out and would be growling most of the time till we reach home and I release her from the carrier.

Should I put her on a fast from food and water in the night before our moving day so that she does not do an...excrete any....unpleasant thing during our trip? Also should I position her beside me in the truck so that she can feel secure, Or should I put her at the back with the rest of the stuff?

Thanks for any tips and pointers you may share!

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RE: Travelling with kitty - 6/24/2008 11:41:00 PM

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HERE is an article that may help.

I have to say that traveling the three miles to the vet and the cat hotel is about the limit of Mr. Roosevelt's endurance. If I had to take him any distance at all--like moving or something--I think I would see if the vet would give him a "happy shot." He detests the carrier, and having him loose in the car is...unthinkable

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Music on the radio or the iPod calms him some.

Himself had a cat that he would take on 650 mile trips to his parents' house. He put litter in a shoe box and had a large carrier, iirc.

Make sure to stop often to give him water--cars are pretty dry.

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RE: Travelling with kitty - 6/25/2008 12:03:35 AM

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Thanks {{{Ps103}}} for the info, that was very kind! I also like the article provided.

Music, kitty and me are highly artistic folks so I will make sure to make this available!!! Nothing makes a trip shorter than the company of music. I hope and pray she won't get scared and if I put her on a fast for only one day, I don't think she would suffer. In any case, she would start eating as soon as we arrive, so it's not a big deal.

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RE: Travelling with kitty - 7/1/2008 3:23:49 PM

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I have travel with my kitty.Yes do check with your vet he may be able to give you a"happy pill" to easy the travel time. the fast before would be a good ideal to. Any soft thng he plays with or blanket with your smell on it wil help easy the trip to! We took puppyie 10 hr to fal over Christams that was a trip!!! Cat as you know is very senstile i keep him in his crat for a few hour after you get all moved in adnd then strat by letting him go thur one room at at time if you let him out at frist may run and hid for a long while. sounds and smells will easy things! Good luck!

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